Improvement in washing-machines



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

CHARLES P. ROOD, OF LA FARGEVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASHING-MACHINES.

specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 213,941, dated Apiil 1, 1879; application filed December 26, 1878.

To all 'whom 'it 'may concem:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. RooD, of La Fargeville, in the county of J efferson and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Vashing-Machine, of which the following is a specification: p

Figure l is an upright view of the machine, partly in section. Fig'. 2 is a cross-section through line x x.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention consists of arectangular tank, A, supported on legs B B, and having afiuted floor or bottom, as shown at O. On the upper ed ges of the tank-sides are strips or plates D D, wider than the ,thickness of the stuff forming the sides, and projecting1 inward over the I sides, thus forming` two flanges running` the entire length of the tank. On the outside near the top are fastened, one on each side, two racks, E E, into which the cog-Wheels F Fengage. The cog-wheels are secured to shaft G, which receives motion from power applied to crank H. Pendent from the shaft are two triangular hangcrs, I I, that support and carry the fluted roller K.

In the slotted tubes L L, which form the central uprights of the hangers, are spiral Springs M M, which form the upper bearings of the roller K, and permit it to rise and fall and adapt itself to the irregularities caused by the uneven thicknesses of the clothes over which it moves.

Attached to the Shoulders of the hangers are friction-rollers O O, which traverse under the flanges at the top of the tank, and make the movement of the hangers easy.

The collars P P prevent lateral movement of the hangers on the shaft.

When power is applied to operat-e the ma-' chine, the cog-wheels, engaging in the racks, cause the hangers to traverse back and forth, carrying the fluted roller over the bottom of the tank.

The machine does its work principally by pressure of 'the roller upon the Clothes, and if extra work is required at any particular point, the movement of the roller may be reversed, and it may be passed back and t'orth over the spot as often as necessary.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The fluted roller K and the triangular hangers I, provided with the Springs M, inclosed in the central slotted tube, L, and with friction -rollers O, in combination with the shaft G of the driving mechanism,and with the plates D and the fluted bottoln C of the tank A, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination, in a washing-rnachine, of vthe racks E, the cog-wheels F, the shaft G, the. hangers I, and the fluted roller K with the tank A, having a fluted bottom, O, and plates D on the upper edges of its sides, substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHARLES P. ROOD.

Witnesses:

MILLARD O. BEOKWITH, PHILIP BUSHNELL. 

